Hey there, don't ask why I wrote this, I just had the sudden urge to write a Hogwarts AU starring Jack, Rapunzel, Merrida and Hiccup (but mostly Jack.) In fact the plan is for it to only be in his point of view and I wanted to begin with his sorting rather than dealing with letters and shopping trips. This also definitely crosses over with Harry Potter more than just the setting, Hogwarts characters will be here and this takes place during the fourth book. The four are all first years.
'The castle was surreal but far from unpleasant,' Jack thought as he walked through what was apparently the main hall. It contained five long wooden tables for dining, one for the staff and the other four for all the students. These four tables were organised by school house and he watched as one of them burst into applause as a new student joined them.
He'd met that girl at the strange wizard alley in London, he remembered. She was certainly distinctive with her mass of red curly hair and her name had been interesting enough for him to remember. Merida, now a Gryffindor and if the hat had been telling the truth then that meant she was supposed to be brave.
Would the hat tell him anything about himself? Did he want to hear it? Jack Frost appeared to be nearly twelve years old but he could only remember the last year or so of his life. One day he'd just woken up lying on the surface of a frozen pond but strangely he hadn't felt the cold and stranger still, he could remember nothing save for his name. Since then he'd discovered he had a strong connection with ice and after receiving a staff just a couple weeks ago, his ice powers were stronger than ever.
"Frost, Jack!" His name was called and he walked over to the hat looking calm and so relaxed that some people may have thought that he wasn't taking the sorting seriously though inside he was a nervous wreck.
The ragged hat slid over right over his face, obscuring his distinctive white hair and the palest of complexions from the students watching him. The darkness was rather comforting really; he wasn't used to large crowds at all and was usually overlooked, rather than the source of attention. Sure, he was lonely most of the time but he'd also managed to survive by himself just fine.
'Interesting, you appear to have rather unique powers due to past experiences yet you can't remember them?' A wise voice (the hat?) spoke to him. Could it see something about his past?
'Rest assured that there are ways to recover memories in the wizarding world if you know where to look,' the hat continued kindly.
He could look for a way to recover them? Jack smiled, though no one would be able to see it. If he'd known about this sooner… Well he'd only discovered the secret Wizarding society a couple of weeks ago when he'd received a letter, originally he'd only related magic to his ice powers but it was nice to know there was more to magic, more opportunities.
'Ah, I see you're quite determined and you have a surprisingly devious mind, you'd definitely do well in Slytherin," the hat analysed, considering him.
'But there's more to you than that, you seem to care very much about others and only play pranks with the intent of fun. Oh yes, you're the type to laugh in the face of danger, very energetic.'
Yes, he did love to have a good time but who didn't? Life was supposed to be exciting and nothing was better than getting others to smile. Joy was great for getting people to forget their worries and fears.
'You're brave. Braver than you know, I think that these memories would surprise you as it seems like you could be a real hero if it's for someone you care about.' Well, he hadn't been expecting the hat to say something like that.
'But still, you're rather sly and you've got that thirst to prove yourself and cease existing as just some sort of shadow so I think you'll be best in SLYTHERIN!"
The table on the far right applauded politely though the members seemed keen to avoid looking as enthusiastic as the Gryffindor students. Maybe he should've asked to go to the more fun looking house, not that he minded. He quickly sat down next to a small grinning girl who had been sorted before him.
"Hello! We're gonna be classmates, 'name's Kamikaze and my mother's chief of the Bog Burglers- oh see that boy there?" The girl said excitedly, and pointed to the next person about to be sorted, the boy didn't seem particularly striking but must have been from some well-known family or something. Wizard families were a big deal, he'd learned. He didn't know if he'd ever had one.
"That's Hiccup Horrendus Haddock the third, heir to the Hairy hooligans. They're all crazy dragon trainers living on this wet island named Berk," Kamikaze continued, giving said boy a wave though he now had a hat obscuring his face.
"RAVENCLAW!" The hat announced, and the girl's face fell slightly.
"Oh well. He's too clever for his own good, you know? Always coming up with these fiendishly clever plans," She conversed. She sure did talk a lot.
"The rest of his clan don't really know what to do with 'im with all that knowledge in 'is head but he's a good sort, so I bet he'll be a great wizard."
Jack decided to just ignore her for the moment to focus on the sorting. He'd thought Slytherins were supposed to be the quiet cunning type, not extremely chatty with complete strangers. Okay, so he'd wanted to have fun here and he did want to make some interesting friends didn't he?
"So are you secretly cunning, or something?" He cut in to her jabbering about some boy called Fishlegs.
"Course I am! Us Bog Burglars are great thieves and there ain't no prison that can hold a Bog Burglar," she replied proudly.
There were lots of kinds of sneaky, he supposed. "So what does your umm tribe do exactly?" Jack asked.
"So you 'aven't heard of us? We're experts at flying of all types and we used to be champs at carpet racing before they were banned," Kamikaze replied, pleased to be talking about herself though giving an irritated expression at the idea of carpet racing being banned.
"That girl has very long hair," she added, glancing over to the sorting hat.
Jack looked back at the hat, unsurprised to see the girl he'd spoken to on the train, Rapunzel. Her blonde hair was so long that it trailed across the floor despite her attempt to braid it a little so it didn't get in the way too much. She'd said she was very excited to be coming as she'd had a really closed life or so she said. Coming here was her dream, she had expressed.
"HUFFLEPUFF!" The hat roared after a bit.
Rapunzel then practically danced over to the applauding table. Interestingly she was barefoot, like him. Of course the ground had to feel at least a little cold to her, whereas he didn't feel the cold. Soon after, the sorting was over and, to his immense surprise, food appeared.
Wow, he usually had to scavenge for food, sometimes stealing it if he was really desperate. This was incredible; he'd never seen such a large amount of things he wanted to try. He smiled and filled his plate in a hurry before consuming as much food as he could in as little time as possible. A wave of his hand made the temperature of it drop considerably, making it all the more delicious. He couldn't stand hot dishes.
So eager was he, that it took him a few moments to notice the stares. Kamikaze looked surprised and a little impressed but others around him definitely looked irritated. Oh, he'd affected more than just his own food by accident, that wasn't a great start. He stopped eating and waited to be addressed.
A fragile looking girl eventually spoke up in a cold, harsh voice. "What's your name?" She demanded.
"Jack Frost," he replied slowly, not backing down in the face of her arrogant attitude.
A few people snorted. "Never heard of the Frost's, so you're probably nobody. I'm Astoria Greengrass, be wary of trying that cold trick again," She said icily.
Jack frowned, that was a cruel thing to say. Of course they didn't know him yet but they would; he didn't want to be nobody forever. So he laughed in her face before sarcastically replying, "Well I've only just met you but I will automatically listen to your kind words and do whatever you say."
All colour drained out of her face and she glared at him. "Think you're funny muggleborn? If you cross me then my sister will make you regret it."
"Yeah, yeah whatever," he brushed her off, eating some mashed potato.
She gave him a small cold smile. "So you are a muggleborn. I'd say there's an 80 percent chance that the Slytherin house will shun you, we don't like muggleborns."
She spoke so calmly that he couldn't help but believe her. He'd been really hoping that this would be like a new family but apparently he'd been selected for the wrong house after all. He didn't let any of that show on his face however and continued to eat coolly.
"I don't care if you're a muggleborn Jack, that ice trick was really cool," Kamikaze said, trying to cheer him up a bit. Or she was just a little oblivious to the tension.
"Thanks. So I take it that's not normal for wizards?" He asked, ignoring Astoria. His trip to Diagon alley made him pretty sure of the answer already but it'd be nice to confirm.
"Not really, and your staff is different too but I like it!" Kamikaze declared cheerfully. Astoria decided to ignore them too.
A few minutes later the food disappeared and the headmaster stood up to greet everyone. He was old and had long white hair that went to his waist. He looked odd in his starry purple robes whilst the students wore black and the other teachers wore fairly subdued colours. But he beamed at everyone looking proud to stand in front of them.
"My name is Professor Dumbledore. I welcome all the new students to Hogwarts and it is lovely to see the older students back as well! A quick reminder that the Forbidden forest is in fact forbidden and please see Filch's list of banned items if you do not want to see them confiscated."
"This year, Hogwarts is proud to have another go and trying to reintroduce the Triwizard tournament!" Dumbledore announced grandly and paused as murmurs broke out throughout the hall.
"I assure I am not joking, please welcome the organisers mister Crouch and mister Bagman," he gestured to men who stood up to polite applause. One looked big, jolly and excited whereas the other hardly smiled and stood almost awkwardly in very formal robes.
"Because of this Quidditch will have to be cancelled for the year however the champions will be chosen by an impartial judge at the Halloween feast, where participants from the fine institutions of Beauxbatons and Durmstrang will arrive." He continued, as every student listened eagerly. Whatever this tournament was, it was a big deal.
"The champions chosen will have three tasks to prove themselves and points will be awarded but once you've been chosen there's no backing out so consider this carefully. And there will be an age restriction this year for safety so no one under 17 will be able to compete. That is all!" Dumbledore finished.
"Well, off to bed now, lessons start tomorrow!" He added before sitting down.
Everyone immediately began chattering at the tops of their voices, most complaining about the age restriction, others really excited for something as strange as this to be occurring. Jack didn't really know what to think but he hoped it'd be fun.
The first years were taken down to the Slytherin common room in a whirl of chaos as all the older students, even the prefects were a little distracted by the announcement. Still they soon arrived at the common room, which was guarded with a magical password and Jack quickly headed off to sleep. It had been an interesting day.
That's it, how's it sound for a first chapter? I've never written a crosover before let alone crossing over five things so comments are very appreciated. Jack's essentially been frozen for many years but was protected by his magic and from this he developed ice powers, so he's a wizard, not a spirit. At Ollivanders he was given his staff rather than a wand.
A quick note about Kamikaze: she's not an original character but is actually from the how to train your dragon books (specifically she first appears in how to speak dragonese). The book's are very different from the movies though Hiccup's character is pretty much the same and since this is an AU anyway I'm not sure if I'm really following book canon or movie canon but it won't matter. It will be accessible to either, I suppose.
Astrid doesn't appear in the books and she won't appear in this and she's not really anything like Kamikaze either. Kamikaze is a lot of fun and respects Hiccup (he helped her escape a roman prison once and helped to defeat Alvin the trecherous). Then later she helped him to steal a potato and a bunch of other stuff. She's great, confident and loads of fun, I couldn't help but include her so I hope you don't mind.
If I were to follow book canon then I would have to consider Toothless being Hiccup's pet as he's actually toothless, green and the size of a chicken. Much easier to carry around. I don't know about that though, movie toothless is epic.